Yeah, as long as the RATS are in charge of issuing drilling permits, recovery will be slow to non-existent.
We've all been in a traffic situation where some idiot up front has stopped or slowed down for no apparent reason, and rather than stay stuck, we gas it, go around, get ahead and get back going.
Soros cannot be the richest man on the planet and certainly there is at least ONE mega-wealthy patriot that would put together the plan that starts building a refinery on property he bought and has armed guards protecting it ... or a flotilla of oil drilling equipment chugging out to a platform, 50 ships or so.
I mean ... if I was a wealthy capitalist right now, I'd be old enough to not give a $hIt about my life and just lay my money down, go around the slowpoke and get back to getting going.